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India's first blind athlete to participate in Paralympic Games and winner of three medals in 2014 Incheon Para Asian Games, Ankur Dhama's life story is all about achieving success even when there are thousand and one hurdles blocking your path.

The 24-year-old Dhama, who hails from a small village in Uttar Pradesh fight against all odds to become the first totally blind Indian athlete in 2018 to win the prestigious Arjuna Award for his outstanding contribution in the field of para-athletics.

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday asked the Reserve Bank of India to think about developing a mobile phone application that could help visually-challenged persons identify the denomination of various currency notes in India.

A bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice NM Jamdar also directed RBI to expedite its ongoing project to develop a hardware-driven device that will help the blind identify Indian currency denominations.

Introduction to Karna Vidya Foundation (KVF): Karna Vidya Foundation is a non-profit registered trust working with the motto “Empowerment through Employment” for the Visually Impaired across Tamil Nadu.

This week's guest columnist is Nidhi Goyal, the well-known activist and comedian working on disability rights and gender justice. Nidhi is the founder-director of Rising Flame, a Mumbai- based non-profit working on rights of persons with disabilities with a focus on women and youth. Her work spans research, writing, training, advocacy and art. You can follow her work @saysnidhigoyal.

On Mondays and Wednesdays, she curls in a house league at the Sydney Curling Club. She also volunteers with the Special Olympics, enjoys hiking, and paddles during the summer as a member of the Sydney Harbour Dragon Boat Club.

BENGALURU: Inspired by a vacuum cleaner, class 7 student Maanya Ramesh from Air Force School, Hebbal has solved the chalk dust pollution affecting teachers and students in classroom for ages. Her mini smart duster absorbs all the chalk dust while erasing the blackboard.

Karna Vidya Foundation require trainer and manager for Karna Vidya Foundation. It is a training cum placement centre.
Eligibility:
1. Qualification: graduation in any stream
2. Applicant must be the Visually impaired.
3. Applicant should be the low vision for manager position.
4. Age limit within 35 years.
5. Date of interview: between 15th feb.
6. Interview process: totel 3 round, first round will be telephonic second round will be face to face and third round checking for technical skills.
7.Required language: Tamil and English

CHENNAI: Following the decades-old tradition, the National Association for the Blind in association with O2 Health Studio organised a Car Rally for the Blind on February 3 at Savera Hotel. The first rally was held in Mumbai, and Chennai followed in 1989. Even after decades, the objective remains the same. It is still one of the most inclusive sports events for the differently-abled.

In My Take, Gaurav Jhunjhunwala talks about his experiences coping with vision loss. Formerly an entrepreneur who was heading the digital vertical in a top publishing house, he is now exploring new business opportunities.

I was born in Hong Kong and had a really happy childhood full of fond memories. Looking back now I think its because it was the only period in my life where I didn’t feel I was very different to the people around me.

After 2 successful workshop of investors education by SEBI with snehankit helpline last year and few other workshops held by SEBI in Mumbai for visually challenged persons, and on popular demand of participants, Snehankit Helpline is happy to invite you for an informative workshop on Mutual Funds investments with SEBI

National Voter's day on 25 January is a day dedicated to bringing together the youth to vote and take part in the political process. This year the focus was on disabled voters across many states with Karnataka taking the
lead to introduce measures to make voting accessible to all, a major challenge given the inaccessibility of voting booths.

DAVANGERE: Tejaswini K C and C M Amruta were the cynosure of all eyes during the sixth convocation of Davangere University held on Shivanagangotri campus here on Wednesday.Tejaswini, daughter of a mechanic, won six gold medals in M.Com while Amruta, a visually-challenged girl, grabbed three gold medals in MA in English.

EnAble Community is organizing a Blind Cricket as a part of Sports Community, the passion of sports among persons with disability. The volunteers and visually impaired candidates will be paired together in teams and play cricket. The volunteers will be blindfolded during the game.

Partner with a visually-impaired navigator and drive your way to the finish line

No driver likes being told how to drive by a passenger, but those behind the steering wheel at the O2 Car Rally this weekend are all for it — drivers will have no idea what the route is, and will be dependent completely on their visually-impaired navigators.